by Maxine Betteridge-Moes | Sep 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
The new community centre built for the LGBTI community of Nepal and South Asia, called the Pink Himalayan Centre, was inaugurated today in a grand function. The Centre located at Dhumabarahi is a whitewashed five-story structure. Blue Diamond Society, Nepal’s leading...
by admin | Jan 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
As participants of ActionAid’s Global Citizen Course with strong motivation for promoting social change, we chose to work with the LGBTIQ community in Nepal. In an attempt to contribute to the fight against ignorance, stigmatization and discrimination against the...
by admin | Jan 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
The festival of “Gai Jatra” is one of the oldest and most unusual of the many festivals celebrated by the Hindus/Buddhists of Kathmandu Valley. Some say the custom goes back more than a millennium, to the time of the Licchavi kings. Falling on the day after Janai...
by admin | Jan 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Blue Diamond Society hosted South Asia’s first LGBTI sports festival in Kathmandu, Nepal from October 12-14, 2012. Nepal Sports Foundation managed the event. The Australian Government, American Embassy, and the Norwegian Embassy provided major funding. The sports...
by admin | Jan 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Standing in the courtyard at RR Campus in Kathmandu, Roshan Mahato looks relaxed and proud. This, just 7 years ago was the spot where he was teased and harassed so badly by his peers that he transferred to another college. Today, the president of Nepal’s LGBTI...